Famous People Who Died of Multiple Gunshot Suicide

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List of famous people who died of multiple gunshot suicide, listed alphabetically with photos when available. This list of celebrities who died from multiple gunshot suicide includes information like the victim's hometowns and other biographical information when available. Unfortunately many famous people's lives have been cut short because of multiple gunshot suicide, including actors, musicians and athletes.

This is a list that includes items like Gary Webb and Frank Stanford.

This list answers the questions, "Which celebrities have died from multiple gunshot suicide?" and "Which famous people died due to multiple gunshot suicide?"

These notable multiple gunshot suicide deaths include modern and past famous men and women, from politicians to religious leaders to writers. Everyone on this list has has multiple gunshot suicide as a cause of death somewhere in their public records, even if it was just one contributing factor for their death. (9 items)

Gary Webb, a journalist known for his series Dark Alliance, which follows the cocaine smuggling from Nicaragua to Los Angeles, had been depressed for years after being laid off and unable to find a job at a daily newspaper. Unable to financially support his family, Webb shot himself twice in the head. The suicide was confirmed when they found a note left by him.

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Profession: JournalistAge: Died at 49 (1955-2004)Birthplace: Corona, California, United States of AmericaSchools: Northern Kentucky UniversityCause Of Death: Suicide, Multiple gunshot suicidePlace Of Death: Carmichael, California, United States of AmericaChildren: Eric Webb

American poet, Frank Stanford, had been known for his depression in the past, and friends said he may have planned to die before he turned 30. After his wife discovered he had committed adultery and argued about it, Stanford left the room and shot himself three times in the heart.

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Profession: Poet, WriterAge: Died at 30 (1948-1978)Birthplace: Richton, Mississippi, United States of AmericaSchools: University of ArkansasCause Of Death: Suicide, Multiple gunshot suicidePlace Of Death: Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Founder of the Palestinian "Fatah -- The Revolutionary Council," Abu Nidal was a mercenary who's group focused on airport attacks in Vienna and Rome in 1985. Some say he died in 2002 when he shot himself through the mouth because he was sick with leukemia. Others say he'd been killed through the orders of Sadam Hussein. Reports say three gunshot wounds were found in his body, though evidence is inconclusive about how he actually died.

David Jacobs, a steroid dealer who was involved in the largest steroid rings in the United States, including being guilty of selling tens of thousands of dollars worth of performance-enhancing drugs to NFL players, was found in June of 2008 dead with his girlfriend, both of whom had multiple gunshot wounds. Amidst their bodies, police also found bags of steroids and marijuana, syringes, scales, and a loaded .22 semi automatic gun.

Eugen Schauman, a Finnish nationalist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, committed the most famous political assassination in Finland's history, and is considered a Finnish hero. During Imperial Russia when Finland was under siege, Russian General Bobrikov had been given dictatorship powers of Finland by Tsar Nicholas II. Bobrikov went to the Finnish Senate House, where he ran into Schauman. Shauman shot him three times before shooting himself twice, dying instantly. Bobrikov died the next day.

Pierre Bérégovoy, the Prime Minister of France between 1992 and 1993, had promised change to a previous corrupt government with the push of his socialist ideals. But as the socialist government collapsed, Bérégovoy resigned, and in May of 1993, took his bodyguard's gun and shot himself twice, the second time from nervous reflex. He died while being helicoptered to a hospital in Paris.

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